Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. ROIVLEY, OF ANGOLA, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,268, dated March 15, 1859..

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that- I, JAMES L. RowLeY, of Angola, in the county ofSteuben and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofConstructing TWashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the annexed drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of in,r invention rela-tes to the peculiar manner of formingthe bottom of tlie box with ribs and pins or knuckle joints and also inthe formation of the rubber and its adjustability to the clothes, and inthe manner of working the saine, as attached to a vibratory shaft towhich the working handles are attached; as hereinafter more fully setforth in which- Figure l, is a plan of the sides, ends, and bottoni, ofthe machine, and Fig. 2, represents a cross section at the red line onFig. l.

The saine letters on each figure refer to the saine parts.

A, A, the sides and ends of the machine, B, B, 8:- the bottom D, D, thediagonal ribs or rubbers E, E, the knuckles or rubbing pins.

F, is the vibrating rubber, suspended to the shaft G, and is worked bythe handles H, H, which are connected with the shaft G by the rods I, I.By this inode of operation the clothes have a more direct tendency tofriction with the bars or ribs D, than when the action is on a direct orparallel line, the pins E, Fig. l, being set alternately with thespaces, between the ribs D and the pins E, in the rubber E, being setalternately with the pins in the bottoni C, gives a threefold action onthe washing surface, which is a relief and saving in the tlnie ofwashing, the rubber journals working in the slants J, J,

cut in the ends of the box give an opportunityT of adjusting the rubberto the clothes be they few or many put into the box at a time and therubber is very readily, removed from the box by tipping the rubber overagainst the side ot' the box, which is performed by lifting Vthejournals out of the slants and slipping, the whole to either side of thebox where it. may rest until wanted, again, when it is replaced again toits working position by tipping it back and slipping it to the center ofthe tub when the journals will readily enter the slant and be ready foraction.

The great. advantages derived from this mode of construction are that itis very simple in construction and easily kept in repair, and in heavywashing the labor of two' persons is very readil y applied to it ifdesired.

Having thus fully described my improved washing machine, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- I claim constructing thebottoni of the box with three sides of an Octagon, the two outer sidesto have ribs of an octagonal shape set at an angle of -lo with the sidesof the box and the bottom to be horizontal with two rows of rubbing pinsor knuckles set alterna tely with the valleys between the ribs D, D, incombination with the vibrating rubber, having the rubbing surfaceoctagonal and the rubbing knuckles set so as to work alternately withthe spaces between the pins in the bottoni. of the box and diagonallywith the ribs on outer sides of the bottom B, B, in the manner andforthe purposes set forth.

J. L. ROIVLEY.

llvitnesses J. H. MERRILL, SILAS Hnwrr,

